I don’t remember what I was doing on August 3, 2023, but I know what I was doing on August 3, 2008. Starting a blog, that’s what. Fifteen years ago I started a blog called My Own Velvet Room after a favourite book from my childhood. It still exists, though I migrated to this space…
Tag: blogging
Puppies and Facebook and Blogging. Oh, My!
One week from today, Gerry and I are traveling to the Edmonton, Alberta area to get a Yorkie puppy (this is a photo taken a couple of days ago with mama with her four babies). It’s been a difficult few months, starting with losing our tiny special needs Yorkie, Murphy, in late December and saying…
Blogging and the Social Media Experiment
I’m parked in a public parking lot beside someone I know. Our windows are open and we’re having a conversation. She says something that an anonymous stranger walking by overhears. “Shut up,” he mutters, striding toward a big truck parked on the other side of me. Shut up? Is this what we’ve come to? Strangers…